Names/Y

Yasir

boys’ nameComeback · modern nameCompare

Yasir is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 193 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
1930.01% of boys
Peak year
2019205 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1974
3,084people given the name
Babies named Yasir, by year of birthboys
06312518825018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

3,084 boys have been named Yasir in the United States since 1974, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 205 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2014, and the 2010s alone account for 37%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Yasir
1970s45
1980s92
1990s176
2000s820
2010s1,144
2020s807

In 2019, its biggest year

Yasir was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2019 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, William and Elijah. See all of 2019.

Names that rose and fell with Yasir

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.